April
April 30, 2008
Idea of the Day: Create New Opportunity Housing Vouchers
Create 2 million new “opportunity” housing vouchers, and promote equitable development in and around central cities.
April 29, 2008
Idea of the Day: Modernize Means-Tested Benefits Programs
Modernize means-tested benefits programs to develop a coordinated system that helps workers and families.
April 28, 2008
Idea of the Day: Reduce the High Cost of Being Poor
Despite having less income, lower-income families often pay more than middle and high-income families for the same consumer products.
April 25, 2008
Strengthen the All-Volunteer Army
April 24, 2008
Develop a Realistic Strategy to Resolve the Arab-Israeli Conflict and Stabilize the Broader Middle East
April 21, 2008
Adopt Policies to Accept the Reality of Iraq’s Fragmentation
April 17, 2008
Engage with the United Nations More Frequently and Directly
April 16, 2008
Push for Engagement with the Human Rights Council
April 10, 2008
Actively Encourage Multidisciplinary Research and Education
April 9, 2008
Boost Federal Grants for Science and Engineering Degrees
April 8, 2008
Improve Treatment of Chronic Diseases
More than half of Americans suffer from one or more chronic diseases, and the most common chronic diseases cost the economy more than $1 trillion annually, a cost which could rise to $6 trillion by the middle of this century. Our current health care system is designed to provide acute care, and it does not do a good job of disease prevention or treating chronically ill patients.
April 3, 2008
Establish a Home Guard
April 1, 2008